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ADVERTISING
HISTORY
• The Harvard Crimson is the nation’s oldest continually printed daily college newspaper
• Founded in 1873, incorporated in 1967
• Only daily newspaper in Cambridge, MA
• Also publishes:
• Extended sports section on Monday
• Fifteen Minutes, The Crimson’s weekend magazine, on Thursday
• Arts section on Friday
• Special productions:
• Office of Career Services’ Guide to Recruiting
• Career Forum Supplement
• Guide to Summer
• Readership of 14,000 including:
• undergraduates
• faculty and staff
• libraries and graduate schools
• national subscribers
• Best way to reach the Harvard community
• Provide customized advertising package to maximize your exposure
• Our publications have incredible value for national, local, large and small clients
GENERAL CONTACT INFORMATION
• If you would like to speak with the advertising department, please call (617) 576-6600 or email ads @ thecrimson.com.
• If you have specific interest in online advertising, please email webads @ thecrimson.com.
• If you are submitting advertising copy for placement in the printed version of The Crimson, please email adcopy @ thecrimson.com.
ADVERTISING RATES
Interested in advertising in The Crimson? Contact an advertising manager at (617) 576-6600 for rates, or click for General Info.
ONLINE ADVERTISING
TheCrimson.com is an excellent place to market your products and services or build your brand online. As the online version of Harvard's undergraduate newspaper, our audience consists of highly-educated college students with a significant amount of disposable income. Our articles are often linked to by major media outlets including CNN, MSNBC, and The Washington Post, bringing millions of additional visitors.
TheCrimson.com provides easy access to each day's news and sports stories, as well as editorials. Fifteen Minutes and Arts are also available online.
We currently have offer both display ads and text link ads on a monthly basis. Our display ads include vertical banner (160x600), top horizontal banner (468x60), bottom horizontal banner (468x60), and box ad (300x250).
Online ad rates vary depending on time of year and length of contract. For more information, please email webads @ thecrimson.com.
PUBLICATION SCHEDULE
Please click for the 2007-2008 publication schedule.
ADVERTISING POLICIES
Submission
The deadline for submission of all advertising is noon, two business days prior to publication. Advertising must be in black and white (except for color ads, which must be submitted in CYMK) and can be in the following digital formats: .tif, .jpg or .pdf. Please email advertising copy to adcopy @ thecrimson.com. Copy may also be faxed to (617) 576-7860, or brought during business hours (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or shipped to the offices of The Harvard Crimson at 14 Plympton Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Content
All advertising content is subject to the approval of the President and Business Manager of The Harvard Crimson. The Crimson will not publish advertisements which unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, ancestry, or physical handicap. The advertiser assumes complete responsibility and liability for the content of advertisements placed in The Harvard Crimson .
Placements
The Crimson does not guarantee specific page placements. In addition, The Crimson will make every effort to correct any content errors brought to our attention as of two business days prior to insertion.
Costs
The Crimson will only consider adjustment of payment regarding errors in advertisements if the advertising managers are notified within five business days of publication.
The Crimson will not assume cost for more than one error in any insertion.
First-time advertisers must pay for advertisements before the date of contract. Invoices are sent for individual ads after each insertion.
Volume discounts must be approved by an advertising manager or by the Business Manager, and will generally only be considered for contracts of a semester or year in duration.
The Crimson reserves the right to revise terms and rates of advertising.
Please request a copy of our rate card for further information on conditions and regulations for advertising.
MAGAZINE AND SUPPLEMENTS
Fifteen Minutes (FM)
• Harvard's weekend entertainment guide
• Published every Thursday
• Restaurant reviews
• Comments on social life
• Investigative reports on the state of the campus today
• Informative, hard-hitting looks at Harvard's past
• Voice of student life
Office of Career Services' Guide to Recruiting and the Career Forum Guide
• Published in the fall during recruiting season
• Inform students about employment opportunities
• Clear the mysteries of on-campus recruiting and job application process
Other supplements:
• Head of the Charles Regatta Supplement
• Harvard-Yale Game Supplement
• Seasonal sports supplements
• The Crimson Guide to Housing
• Seven special editions for Commencement
For further information about any of these publications, please contact an advertising manager at (617) 576-6600 or email ads @ thecrimson.com.
COMMENCEMENT INFORMATION
For information about advertising in The Crimson's special Commencement Week issues, please see the links below. The 50th Reunion, 25th Reunion, Class Day and Commencement issues will be published over June 4th - 7th, 2007.
Below are our rate cards for Commencement 2007.
Senior Parents' Ads
Commencement Advertising
For more information, please contact an advertising manager at (617) 576-6600 or email ads @ thecrimson.com.
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